List of fantasy worlds
Further information: List of fictional location types
This is a partial list of fictional fantasy worlds, according to the medium they appear in:
Novels and short stories
Unknown
- Unnamed world of Glen Cook's The Black Company
A
- The Abarat – Clive Barker's Abarat series
- Abeir-Toril – Planet on which the Dungeons and Dragons' campaign settings and novels, Forgotten Realms, Maztica, and Al Qadim are set.
- Alagaësia – Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle
- Alastor – Jack Vance's Alastor stories
- Alternia – Andrew Hussie's Homestuck
- All-World – Stephen King's The Dark Tower
- Amber – Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber novels
- Amtor – Edgar Rice Burroughs' Venus series
- Averoigne – Clark Ashton Smith stories
- Arbre – Neal Stephenson novel Anathem
- Arborea – Tera Online
- Arda – J. R. R. Tolkien novels
- Asgard – Marvel Comics
- Atlantis
- Avalon– Aprilynne Pike's Wings series
- Azeroth – Warcraft series
- Artime – The Unwanteds series
B
- Barsoom – Edgar Rice Burroughs novels
- Bas-Lag – China Miéville novels
- Bedrock – Hanna Barbera's The Flintstones >> The FPGA on the P2 emulation / development board
- Bellezza – Mary Hoffman novels
- Blest – Diana Wynne Jones Magid novels
- Brief History of the Dead – Kevin Brockmeier
- Broken Empire – Mark Lawrence novels
C
- Camelot
- Camp Half-Blood – by Rick Riordan
- Charn – C. S. Lewis novels
- Cloud – novels by Greer Gilman
- Cittàgazze – His Dark Materials series
- Planet Claire – The subject of a song by the music group The B-52's. Claire is described as having pink air, and trees that are all red. The lifeforms do not have heads, and all live forever.
- The Continent – Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series
- Corona – R.A. Salvatore (The DemonWars Saga and The Highwayman)
- City of Bones – Cassandra Clare's the The Mortal Instruments Saga
D
- Damar – Robin McKinley novels
- Dalemark – Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
- Darkover – Marion Zimmer Bradley novels
- Demonata – the Darren Shan novels
- Discworld – Terry Pratchett novels (also three video games)
- Dinotopia – James Gurney novels
- Deltora – Emily Rodda novels
- The Dream Archipelago – Christopher Priest (novelist)'s novels (The Affirmation, The Islanders) and stories (The Dream Archipelago)
- Dreamlands – stories by H. P. Lovecraft and others
- Drool – The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
- Dying Earth – Jack Vance novels
- Davy Jones' Locker
- Disney – Walt Disney's creations
- Dead City – James Ponti's Dead City, set in New York
E
- Earthsea – Ursula K. Le Guin novels
- Eärwa – R. Scott Bakker novels
- The Edge Chronicles – Paul Stewart
- Eidolon – Jane Johnson novels
- Elendel – Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn
- Ellesméra – Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle
- Ember – The City of Ember
- Emelan – Tamora Pierce novels
- Empire of the Celestial Dragons – Alison Goodman's Eon
- Enchanted Forest – Once Upon a Time
- Equestria – My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic TV series
- Erdas – Spirit Animals – Various Authors novel series
- Erde – L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s Spellsong Cycle novels
- Essos – A Song Of Ice And Fire by George R. R. Martin
- Eternia – Setting of the Masters of the Universe series
- Everworld – K. A. Applegate novels
- Erilea – Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass
F
- Fablehaven – Brandon Mull novels
- Fairyland – Daisy Meadows' "Rainbow Magic Series"
- Faltha – Russell Kirkpatrick's Fire of Heaven Trilogy
- Fantasia – The NeverEnding Story movies
- Fantastica – Michael Ende's The Neverending Story novel
- Fionavar – Guy Gavriel Kay novels
- The Four Lands – Terry Brooks novels
- Forgotten Realms – Dungeons and Dragons
- Fillory – Lev Grossman's "The Magicians" Trilogy
G
- Ga'hoole – from the fantasy book series Guardians of Ga'Hoole by Kathryn Lasky.
- Gezeitenwelt – Magus Magellan novels
- Green–sky – Zilpha Keatley Snyder novels
- Glorantha – Greg Stafford's setting used by board games, roleplaying games, novels and a computer game.
- Golarion – Paizo's setting for Pathfinder roleplaying game
- Gondwane – Lin Carter fantasy series
- Gallifrey – Doctor Who
H
- Halla – D. J. MacHale novels
- Helliconia – Brian Aldiss series of novels
- Hyborian Age – Robert E. Howard novels and short stories
- The Hidden Land – Pamela Dean's Secret Country trilogy
- Hyrule – Nintendo's Legend of Zelda
- Hogwarts – J.K Rowling's Harry Potter
I
- Iberia – 4Story
- Ithania – Trudi Canavan – the Age of the Five Saga
- Idris – Cassandra Clare – the Mortal Instruments trilogy
- Inkworld – Cornelia Funke – the Inkheart trilogy
- Ithersta – Fran Bow – the Fran Bow Game
J
- Jumanji – Jumanji
K
- Karse – Mercedes Lackey – Valdemar Novels
- Kelewan – Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts – Empire Trilogy
- Keltia – Patricia Kennealy-Morrison – The Keltiad novels
- Krynn – Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, and numerous others – Dragonlance novels
- Kyralia – Trudi Canavan – The Black Magician trilogy
L
- Lavondyss – Journey to an Unknown Region – Robert Holdstock
- The Land – Stephen R. Donaldson novels
- Landover – Terry Brooks novels
- Lilliput and Blefuscu – Jonathan Swift – Gulliver's Travels
- Lodoss – Ryo Mizuno – novels
M
- Malazan World – Steven Erikson novels
- Magic Moon – Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein's Magic Moon novels
- Matoran Universe – Bionicle
- Midcyru – Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy
- Middle-earth – J. R. R. Tolkien novels
- MiddleGate – Rae Bridgman children's novels
- Midkemia – Raymond E. Feist – Riftwar saga novels
- Mid-World – Stephen King – The Dark Tower
- Mistmantle island – M.I. McAllister – Mistmantle Chronicles novels
- Mithgar – Dennis L. McKiernan novels
- Moonacre Valley – Elizabeth Goudge – The Little White Horse novel
- Mossflower – Brian Jacques – Redwall novels
- Muddle Earth – Paul Stewart
- The Multiverse – Michael Moorcock novels
- The Mushroom Kingdom – Nintendo's Super Mario series
N
- Narnia – C. S. Lewis novels
- Nehwon – Fritz Leiber stories
- Neverland – J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan novel
- Nevèryon – The setting of Samuel R. Delany's Return To Nevèryon series
- The New and Old Worlds – Terry Goodkind novels
- Nirn – The Elder Scrolls video game series
- Nyumbani – Charles R. Saunders novels
- Nyusigrube – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes novels
O
- Oerth – Gary Gygax and others – Greyhawk novels
- Og – novel by Pierre Burton
- Osten Ard – Tad Williams novels
- Oz – novels by L. Frank Baum and others
- Oompa-Loompa Land – Roald Dahl novels
- Ooo – Adventure Time TV series
P
- Panem – Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games novels
- Parsua Plain – Maryam Azizi Parsua Plain series[1]
- Pellucidar – Edgar Rice Burroughs novels
- Pegana – stories by Lord Dunsany
- Pelamar – Through the Dragon's Eye
- Pern – Anne McCaffrey novels
- Pop Star – Kirby
- Prydain – Lloyd Alexander novel
- Prythian – Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses
- Pyrrhia – Tui Sutherland novels
- Pellinor – Alison Croggon novels
Q
- Quahog – Family Guy
R
- Randland – Robert Jordan novels (The Wheel of Time series)
- Rapture – a fictitious underwater city – The Bioshock video games
- The Realm – Wayne Thomas Batson's The Door Within Trilogy
- The Realm of the Elderlings – Robin Hobb novels
- Riverdale (Archie Comics) – Archie Comics
- Riverworld – Philip Jose Farmer novels Riverworld series
- Rokugan – Legend of the Five Rings
- Rondo – Emily Rodda's The Rondo Trilogy
- Runaterra – League of Legends
S
- Shannara – Terry Brooks novels
- Sartorias-deles – Sherwood Smith novels
- Seven Realms novels – Cinda Williams Chima
- Spiderwick – Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black's novels
- The Shadow Isles – League of Legends
- Shadowrealm – The Secret of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
- Summoner's Rift – League of Legends
T
- Terabithia – Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia
- Thieves World – stories by Robert Lynn Asprin and others
- Thra – The Dark Crystal
- Tir – Cecilia Dart-Thornton's Crowthistle Chronicles
- Toontown – Home of all the cartoon characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Tortall – Tamora Pierce novels
- Tralfamadore – Slaughterhouse-Five
- Thedas – Dragon Age
- Triumvia – Tales of Triumvia novel series
- Tyria – Guild Wars
U
- Underland – The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
- Unified Realm – Blood Song by Anthony Ryan[2]
- Uriel – Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
V
- Valdemar – Mercedes Lackey novels
- Velgarth – Mercedes Lackey novels
- Videssos – Harry Turtledove, The Misplaced Legion novels
- Viriconium – empire-city in the works of M. John Harrison
W
- Whandoodleland – Julie Andrews' The last of the Really Great Whangdoodles novel
- Westeros – George R. R. Martin novels
- Wonderland – Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking–Glass (Looking-Glass Land is part of Wonderland)
- The Wizarding World – Harry Potter series
- World of the Three Moons – stories by Bradley, May, and Norton
- Whoville – Stories by Dr. Seuss
- Widge – Through the Dragon's Eye
X
- Xanadu – Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan
- Xanth – Piers Anthony novels
Z
- Zimiamvia – from the Zimiamvian Trilogy novels by Eric Rücker Eddison
- Zamonia – from The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, The City of Dreaming Books, and The Alchemaster's Apprentice; all novels by Walter Moers
- Zothique – Clark Ashton Smith stories
Comics and graphic novels
Film and television
- Andalasia – Enchanted film
- Atlantika, from the Filipino television series of the same name
- Avila "Mulawin" – Filipino television series
- Bikini Bottom – SpongeBob SquarePants TV show
- Caprica – Caprica (TV series) Scyfy channel
- Crematoria – Prison world in The Chronicles of Riddick
- Cybertron – Home planet of the Transformers
- Cuckoo Land – from the children's TV series Jamie and the Magic Torch
- Encantadia – Philippines television series
- The Enchanted Forest/Misthaven – ABC's Once Upon a Time
- Etheria – The mythical world of the She-Ra: Princess of Power animated series.
- Eternia – The mythical world of the Masters of the Universe animated series.
- Far Far Away, Duloc, and San RiCardo are examples of fantasy lands, which are known from the Shrek franchise.
- Gallifrey – The mythical world of the Time Lords in the BBC TV series Doctor Who
- Guk – The home planet of the Alien Robots in Terrahawks
- Helion Prime – Primary planet in the Helion system which the Capital is New Mecca and the main location in the movie The Chronicles of Riddick
- Mewni – Star Butterfly's home dimension in Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Moonacre Valley – The Secret of Moonacre film
- Naboo – Star Wars
- New Texas – Home of BraveStarr
- Netherworld – A place where are sent people under sleeping curse in Once Upon a Time
- Ooo – The land in which the Adventure Time cartoon series takes place 1,000 thousand years after event of "The Mushroom War".
- The Other Realm – Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV Series)
- Pandora – Avatar
- Pylea – Angel television series
- Prysmos – Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light television series
- Storybrooke – ABC's Once Upon a Time
- Tatooine – featured in most of the Star Wars saga
- Third Earth – Adopted home of the Thundercats from the children's TV series
- Thra – The Dark Crystal film
- The Uncharted Territories – Farscape television series
- The Unknown – Over the Garden Wall
- "The Verse" – informal name for the colonized universe from Firefly
- Wheelie World – From the children's TV series Chorlton and the Wheelies
Table-top gaming
A
- Abeir-Toril – Forgotten Realms novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG (includes Faerûn, Kara-Tur, Maztica and Zakhara)
- Angeous – Lost Heritage novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Aldrazar – Hackmaster RPG
- Aldea – Blue Rose RPG; d20 system
- Archaeus – Talislanta RPG and d20 system
- Aebrynis – Birthright novels and Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Athas – Dark Sun; Dungeons & Dragons RPG
B
- Blackmoor – Dungeons and Dragons RPG
C
- Creation – Exalted RPG
- Catan – Settlers of Catan
D
- Demacia – Riot Games; League of Legends
- Demiplane of Dread – Ravenloft; Dungeons & Dragons RPG – dimension of gothic horror
- Dominaria – Magic: The Gathering card game
- d20 System – various whole and partially described worlds including:
- Aereth (Gazetteer of the Known Realms)
- Arcanis
- Freeport (a seaport with pirates)
- Khemti (Hamunaptra; an Egyptian setting)
- Naranjan (Mindshadows; an Indian setting with psionics)
- Nyambe-Tanda (Nyambe; an African setting)
- Scythae (Maidenheim)
- Xcrawl Earth (Xcrawl)
- Land of Shadow (Midnight)
E
- Eberron – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Elrios – Elsword MMORPG
- Ethra – The Dark Eye RPG (includes Aventuria, Myranor, Uthuria and Vaestenland)
F
- Far-The-Earth – Night Wizard RPG
- Fatlend – Edwin A. Abbott
G
- Glorantha – Runequest and HeroQuest RPGs
- Golarion – Paizo's Setting for Pathfinder roleplaying game, multi-massive roleplaying computer game
H
J
- Jorune – Skyrealms of Jorune roleplaying game
- Jund – Magic: The Gathering card game
K
- Kamigawa – Magic: The Gathering card game
- Kantos – Pokémon Fire Red, Pokémon Leaf Green
- Kelestia – Harn RPG
- Krynn – Dragonlance games and novels, Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Kulthea (Shadow World) – Rolemaster RPG
L
- Lands of the Diamond Throne – Arcana Evolved; d20 system
- Layonara – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Lejendary Earth – Lejendary Adventure RPG
- Legend – Dragon Warriors RPG
- Lore – Dragon Fable RPG
M
- Mad Lands – GURPS Fantasy II; GURPS RPG
- Magnamund – Lone Wolf gamebooks and d20 system
- Mirrodin – Magic: The Gathering card game
- Mystara – Dungeons & Dragons RPG
N
- New Europa – Castle Falkenstein and GURPS RPGs
O
- Oerth – Greyhawk; Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Old World and other places in the world of Warhammer – Warhammer Fantasy Battles, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and other tabletop miniature games by Games Workshop
R
- Ravnica – Magic: The Gathering card game
S
- Space – Spelljammer; Dungeons & Dragons and Hackmaster RPGs
- Shandalar – Magic: The Gathering
- Skyrim – Skyrim
- Stormhold – Stardust
T
- Tamriel – The Elder Scrolls
- Tarth – Evernight; Savage Worlds RPG
- Tellene – Kingdoms of Kalamar;Dungeons & Dragons RPG
- Terra de Santa Cruz – Desafio dos Bandeirantes a Brazilian RPG published by GSA Ltda, a Brazilian folklore setting.
- Tékumel – Empire of the Petal Throne RPG
- Titan – Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and RPG
U
- Uresia – Big Eyes, Small Mouth and d20 system RPGs
W
- Wilderlands – Dungeons and Dragons, d20 system and Castles and Crusades
Y
- Yrth – GURPS setting
- Ynev – world of Hungarian tabletop RPG "M.A.G.U.S."
- The Young Kingdoms – Michael Moorcock – Elric of Melnibone
Z
- Zendikar – Magic: The Gathering
Computer and video games
A
- Albion – Fable video game series
- Amalur – Kingdoms of Amalur: The Reckoning video game
- Antaloor – Two Worlds video game series
- Arcadia/Stark – two parallel worlds in Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
- Argus – Warcraft series of computer games
- Ashan – Might and Magic (Ubisoft continuity)
- Atreia – Aion: The Tower of Eternity MMORPG
- Auldurant – Tales of the Abyss
- Aurbis (Nirn, Aetherius, and Oblivion) – the realm in which The Elder Scrolls game series takes place
- Avalar – Spyro the Dragon series of video games
- Axeoth – Heroes of Might and Magic IV – the world, to which the inhabitants of Enroth had to move after the Reckoning
- Azeroth – Warcraft series of computer games
B
- Berge – Hexyz Force
- Boletaria – Demon's Souls
C
- Caelestia – AdventureQuest
- Corneria, the main planet of the Lylat System in Nintendo's Star Fox series of video games.
- Cronos – Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
D
- Drakan – computer game series
- Draenor – Warcraft series of computer games
- Dereth – Asheron's Call MMORPG computer game
- D'ni – Myst
E
- Edenia, Outworld, Netherrealm – Mortal Kombat games
- Enroth – Heroes of Might and Magic III – the world, where most of events from Heroes of Might and Magic I, II and III take place.
F
- Final Fantasy worlds – Blue Planet (Final Fantasy IV), World of Balance/World of Chaos (Final Fantasy VI), Terra/Gaia (Final Fantasy IX), Spira (Final Fantasy X), Ivalice (Final Fantasy XII), Gran Pulse (Final Fantasy XIII), Hydaelyn (Final Fantasy XIV)
G
- Gensokyo – Touhou Project computer game series
- Gielinor – RuneScape MMORPG.
- Glorianna – Quest for Glory computer game
- Great Sea – The Legend of Zelda video game series
H
- Hillys – Beyond Good & Evil
- Hoenn – Region in the Pokémon series of games
- Hydaelyn – world of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn MMORPG
- Hydeland – Dragon's Crown
- Hyrule – The Legend of Zelda video game series
I
J
- Jade Empire – Jade Empire – video game
- Johto – region in the Pokémon series of games
K
- K'aresh – Warcraft series of computer games
- Kanto and Kalos – regions in the Pokémon series of games
- The Key of Destiny – Kingdom Hearts series from the creators of Final Fantasy
L
- Lordran – Dark Souls
- Lore – AdventureQuest, AdventureQuest Worlds, DragonFable
- Lyndbaum – Summon Night RPG
- Limbo – Devil May Cry
M
- Mushroom Kingdom – Super Mario video game series
- Myrthana – Gothic video game series
N
- Nexus – WildStar (video game)
- New Earth – (Final Fantasy VIII)
- New Eden – EVE Online
- Norrath – Computer games EverQuest and EverQuest II
- Nosgoth – Legacy of Kain
- Nevendaar – Disciples
O
- Oddworld – video game series
- Oblivion – the name of the four realms: Solum, Aquis, Aetha and Volca, in Primal
- Orience – Final Fantasy Type-0
P
- Parthorus – Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
Q
- Quewar – Seek and Destroy
R
- Runeterra – League of Legends
S
- Sacred Realm, also known as The Golden Land, or Dark World – The Legend of Zelda video game series
- Sanctuary – Diablo video game series
- Sylvarant & Tethe'alla – Tales of Symphonia
- Spira (Final Fantasy) – The world in which Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 takes place
- Sinnoh – region in the Pokémon series of games
- Strangereal – The world in which the Ace Combat series takes place
T
- Tamriel – The Elder Scrolls
- Termina – The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask video game
- Terca Lumireis – Tales of Vesperia
- Thedas – Dragon Age video game series
- Thyrion – Heretic / Hexen series of relative DOOM engine computer games by ID Software
- Twilight Realm – The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess video game
- Tyria – Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 computer games (both the name of planet and one of its continents)
U
- Urak – Lords of Magic computer game
- Utopia (MORPG)
- The Underground – Undertale
- Unova – region in the Pokémon series of games
V
- Vana'diel – Final Fantasy XI MMORPG
- Videlectrix game world – Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People
- The Void / Valoran – League of Legends, game
W
- Warhammer world – Warhammer – Tabletop miniature game (with a few video-games based upon it)
- Weyard – Golden Sun – Nintendo video-game series
- The World – The planet in Jak & Daxter, consisting of the fantasy centered Old World, multicultural yet dystopian Haven City, and the post-apocalyptic Wasteland.
X
- Xoroth – Warcraft series of computer games
- Xen – Half-Life series of video games
Z
- ZanZarah – computer game
- Zeal – Ancient kingdom in Chrono Trigger
Music
- Avantasia, from the Edguy symphonic metal project
- Blashyrkh from the lyrics of the Black Metal band Immortal
- Enchanted Lands, from Rhapsody of Fire
Anime/manga
- Death City – Soul Eater Anime/manga
- Earth (Dragon Ball) – Akira Toriyama's anime/manga franchise
- Earthland – Fairy Tail
- Edolas – Fairy Tail
- Fiore – Fairy Tail
- The Four Nations – Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra
- Hueco Mundo – Bleach
- MÄR Heaven – MÄR
- Orario – Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Anime/manga
- Soul Society – Bleach
- World of the Living – Bleach
- Aincrad – Sword Art Online Anime/manga
See also
References
- ↑ "First two Volumes of Persian Fantasy Horror Novel Published". 19 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hottest 6 New Fantasy Fiction Books and Authors". 1 May 2016.
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